Twist of Fate
Chapter 5 : Forbidden Jutsu
Synopsis : Kabuto finally arrives, as he conceives a new plan due to the dangerous situation their in. Kabuto will be forced to use a forbidden Jutsu, but will he be able to get close enough to Kyubi to realize it?
Pairings : Unknown for now. Suggestions are welcomed
Disclaimer : I don't own Naruto but wish I did
Timeline :
- This takes place when Shikamaru, and the team he created went after the 4 Ninjas that took Sasuke with them. In other words it's right after Neji finished his battle with his opponent in Manga Volume 22 Chapter 198.
- Sasuke was NOT put in the wooden barrel to begin with
- Sakon is one of the four ninjas under Orochimaru's command. He's the ninja that seems to have two bodies of some sort ( Chapter 200 )
- Kimimaro was sent by Kabuto ( Orochimaru's right hand ) since the four ninjas were taking too long to come back to Orochimaru.
- To me, all underlings of Orochimaru are male, so sorry if they were any females that I wasn't able to spot.
JUTSU LIST :
- Doton Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu - Inner Decapitation Skill - Description: The user hides beneath the ground, and reaches up to grab their opponent. The opponent is then pulled under the ground, up to their chin, allowing the head to be subject to move powerful jutsu.
- Gyaku no Jutsu – Reverse no Jutsu – Description : A forbidden Jutsu that Kabuto came to learn during his first years under Orochimaru's care. This seals the chakra of an opponent, as well to reverse it's effects on the body. In other words, every wound that the chakra healed during the last 24 hours, will surface and the damage will return.
- Rasengan – Description : Naruto learned this move within a week, as Jiraiya taught him this. It gathers chakra within the palm of your hand, as it begins to swirl, until the ball of chakra is complete. Inflicts as much damage as Kakashi's Chidori.
JAPANESE WORDS
- baka = idiot -
- dobe = dead last -
- Arigatou = Thank You -
- Urousai = Shut Up -
- Chikushou – Damn it / Damn
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*Battlefield*
Suddenly, Kimimaro's eyes shot wide open as his body seemed to fall forward, as something pierced his chest. The shinobi fell to his knees, as he took hold of the object to notice it was one of his bones.
He came face to face with the dying Kyubi when he heard a voice that came from behind him. He turned his head around, to see another Kyubi who stood only a meter away from himself, as he turned back to the other Kyubi.
"How is this ..." Kimimaro muttered as he stared back at the fox.
Kyubi applied more pressure on Kimimaro's wound, well aware that this one didn't have such a healing ability like himself, as he then grabbed the sword and took it out, by not pulling it out, but by ripping it out from the shinobi's side.
Kimimaro's yell filled the silent forest, as he bleed enormously and the pain prevented him from doing anything. Now the shinobi had a large open gap from his chest to his side, as Kyubi held the sword within his hand, while he's free one forced the other shinobi to face the ground.
Kyubi then grabbed the shinobi tightly around the neck, as he brought him to his level, his back who pressed against the demon's front chest, while Kimimaro was on his knees and faced the other Kyubi.
"Even though I'm still sealed within the kit, I learned all that he learned, in other words, I used his most favorite Jutsu, and simply made it stronger so you couldn't see through it." Kyubi explained as the clone vanished in smoke before them.
"The Kage Bunshin...?" Kimimaro let out as blood trailed down form the side of his mouth.
"A forbidden jutsu that's saved us many times." Kyubi whispered into Kimimaro's ear as he moved his hand to have a firm grip on his enemy's hair, while the body had a tendency to fall forward.
"Game's over" Kyubi let out, as he prepared to strike Kimimaro in the back of the head to assure his kill.
As he prepared to make his move, his nose picked up a new scent, and immediately he leaped backwards in time to evade a dozen kunais that stabbed the ground where he stood seconds ago.
Kyubi looked up as a new player entered the game, one he couldn't sense until it was almost too late. The mysterious shinobi stood on a large branch as he seemed to look down as both Kimimaro and then back at him. He then raised a hand as he lifted his glasses back up at the right place.
"It's been a while ... Naruto-kun ... Or should I say Kyubi-sama?" The familiar voice spoke out as he locked eyes with the Kyubi.
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Within a second, Kabuto vanished from Kyubi's sight, as he quickly picked up Kimimaro's body off the ground and jumped back into a tree, out of the fox's sight of course.
"Things are about to get messy ..." Kyubi let out as he sniffed the air to locate his opponents.
---- Hidden in a Tree ----
Kabuto quickly put down Kimimaro on the large branch, as the medic-nin placed his hands over the other shinobi's deep and fatal wound, to heal it.
"You're lucky Orochimaru-sama sent me in case this would happen." Kabuto whispered to his fallen comrade, as he removed his hands from over the wound, to reveal this one was no more.
"I never expected a brat to actually come near my level of skills." Kimimaro shot back at the shinobi as he slowly stood back up on his feet, as they observed from the shadows, what Kyubi's next move would be.
"Where's Sasuke-kun?" Kabuto asked as he moved his glasses higher on his nose.
"That fool Sakon spilled out Orochimaru's true plan, while the brat was awake and not yet under our control. Then this dog and shadow creator went back to Konoha with Sasuke." Kimimaro informed the medic-nin.
"Why didn't you pursue them?" Kabuto asked as he glared at the great shinobi.
"I did, but somehow that brat managed to make the Kyubi surface, and this one used a barrier composed of his own chakra. He then imprisoned me as well until he finally finished Sakon. I had the upper hand, until a moment ago." Kimimaro spoke out with a low voice, as his eyes remained on the fox below them.
"Why?" Kabuto asked seriously.
"Despite the fact it's the demon fox who's in complete control, he can use every skill the brat learned throughout his living years. And that fox is as much as a trickster and very cunning." Kimimaro explained as Kabuto now knew what to expect from the soon to come battle.
"He's the demon fox after all." Kabuto reminded his comrade, as he reached inside the holster and pulled out several kunais.
"So what now? His chakra keeps regenerating him no matter how many times you stab the damn thing." Kimimaro let out with anger.
"From the moment he turned into the Kyubi, how many injuries has he healed and where?" Kabuto asked as he was curious to the damage his old friend had sustained.
"A few times in the shoulder, once through his stomach, many scratches over his entire body, and so on. Why?" Kimimaro asked a bit curious to why Kabuto would ask him such questions.
"I want you to make as much damage as you can and then use that technique of yours to hold him still, long enough, for me to do a certain jutsu..." Kabuto trailed off.
"Jutsu? If I wasn't able to defeat him then how can you possibly ..." Kimimaro doubted the medic-nin until he cut him off.
"I'm not Orochimaru-sama's right hand man for nothing." Kabuto let out as he jumped out of that tree and onto another much closer to his target.
---- Ground Level ----
Kyubi stood still as he knew from the brat's past experience, that Kimimaro would be back in the fight really soon, as well to expect an attack very soon from one of them.
"One of them is right there..." Kyubi mumbled to himself, as three kunais headed straight for the fox's back.
Kyubi quickly jumped out of the way to evade the attack, as Kabuto finally showed himself.
Kabuto revealed himself, as he jumped down form his original hide-out, and landed only a few meters away from Kyubi, but still held a kunai within his hand.
"If I remember correctly, I almost killed you last time." Kyubi reminded the shinobi with an evil smile, but never took his eyes off his new prey.
"I almost killed you as well." Kabuto replied sarcastically as he locked eyes with the demon as well.
"True, but this time, I have complete control, and so far, the two supposed great shinobis have been but my toys to play with. What makes you think you're better than them?" Kyubi asked with a playful tone.
"Because, only Orochimaru-sama has been able to defeat me." Kabuto replied, as he vanished from the fox's sight.
"He's fast ..." Kyubi thought as he paid attention to all his senses to track this one's movements, and without forgetting the other one as well.
Kyubi stood on guard, as he eyes changed from right to the left every second, as he placed his hands near the ground, ready to pounce if needed to avoid another attack.
---- Somewhere In the Trees ----
Kimimaro observed the scene carefully as he was aware he had yet been detected. He slowly slipped off the his shirt from his shoulders, all the way down to his waist, as a few distinct markings could be seen on his chest.
"I wonder if this will keep him from moving ..." Kimimaro questioned himself, as he knew the fox always recovered from even fatal wounds so far.
Kimimaro extended his arm, as his fingers spread apart, as he only closed three among the five, as bumps started to form on that particular arm. Within seconds, many bones ruptured the skin, without one droplet of blood spilt.
A number of 8 bones came out from the middle of his arm, near his wrist, as they were long and sharp, and followed the movements of his hand. He then kneeled on the branch, as he waited for an opening to make his entrance.
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*Konoha Hospital*
---- Room 201 ----
"Where's Naruto?" Tsunade asked as her eyes continued to scan the room to be sure he wasn't present, until her gaze fell on the students.
Sasuke simply looked towards Neji's direction to then close his eyes, while Kiba looked down and cursed under his breath. Shikamaru couldn't help but lower his head, to then let out a deep breath and closed his eyes. Kurenai and Asuma exchanged worried looks as even they didn't know the whole story yet.
"Tsunade-sama, you might want to sit down and ..." Kurenai approached the Hokage with precaution as she was aware of the special and yet strange relationship between the two.
"Answer me dammit!" Tsunade yelled loud enough for the entire hospital to hear her.
"He stayed behind ..." Sasuke let out as he stared at the ceiling.
"Behind? Why?" Tsunade asked with worry.
"We were up against two powerful high class shinobis. Me and Kiba were injured, as our chakra was completely depleted and because of Sasuke's curse seal, we had no choice but to retreat. The only problem was, we still hadn't defeated them ..." Shikamaru explained as he lowered his head and closed his eyes.
"That idiot stayed behind so we could complete the mission ..." Kiba put in a few words to help out his comrades.
"Naruto fought against those two alone!?" Tsunade asked as she leaned against the wall for support.
"Hai ..." Sasuke mumbled as his curse marks seemed to stop spreading but remained visible on his pale skin.
"What the hell is he thinking!?" Tsunade shouted while she punched the wall.
"His spirit is too strong ... He won't loose ... And he'll come back ... Even if he has to crawl to get back here ..." Neji let out as his eyes barely opened to show the boy was indeed conscious.
"Neji ..." The boys spoke out their comrades name, happy to hear his words.
"Kami protect him ..." Tsunade thought as she walked towards the window to look out at the far away forest.
---- In The Hallway ----
The proud green beast of Konoha walked in the hallway, who just had his surgery 2 days ago, and seemed to be recovering very quickly, as he no longer needed help from the crutches.
Besides him, stood the pink haired girl, Haruno Sakura, that held a vase with a few fresh lowers in them as they headed out for Lee's room, so the boy could get some rest.
"Sakura-san, you shouldn't worry, Naruto-kun and the others will retrieve Sasuke." Lee reassured the girl who walked beside him.
"I only hope they all come back safely too." Sakura expressed her worries, as Lee gently patted her on the back, and gave her the famous shining smile and thumb up.
"Eh? Isn't that Shikamaru?" Lee asked as he pointed to Room 201.
"That can't be ... Shikamaru was the one who led the team to get Sasuke-kun back ..." Sakura let out as she was shocked to see the Chuunin in the room.
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*Konoha forest*
---- Battlefield ----
Kyubi raised his head to sniff the air once more, as he detected nothing at all, only a faint smell that belonged to Kimimaro, but for now he felt no threat coming from that shinobi. What worried him the most, was where Kabuto hid himself.
"There's no way he could disguise his smell ... Unless ..." Kyubi thought as his eyes immediately stared at the ground beneath him.
Seconds later, the ground beneath the fox shattered as this one felt two hands grab his ankles and pull him under the soil.
"Chikushou." Kyubi cursed, as he gathered chakra to his feet and hands.
By doing this, Kyubi spread his hands towards the outside, as his hands made contact with the soil, before his body would completely be submerged. The moment his hands met the ground, Kyubi released a great amount of chakra through them, which gave him the power to be pushed out of the trap, as the chakra at his feet, forced Kabuto to release his grip on him.
"I'm surprised you managed to get out of it ..." Kabuto spoke to the Kyubi as he emerged from the hole in the ground.
Kyubi made sure that he stood at a safe distance form his attacker, but the moment he fell on his feet, he fell to his knees, as pain soon struck them.
"What the ?" Kyubi let out in surprise.
"The moment I grabbed your ankles, I inserted some of my chakra so I could restrict your movements. Of course this makes it easier now to kill you now that you're not running everywhere." Kabuto explained as he readjusted his glasses once again.
"It takes more than that to bring a demon down." Kyubi spoke out with a grin, as he joined his hands together and brought forth more of his chakra.
Red chakra swirled around the fox as the ground that surrounded him started to brake. Kabuto crossed his arms and raised them to protect his face, while he took a few steps back due to the intensity of the fox's chakra.
The blue chakra that Kabuto had inserted within the fox's ankles, could be seen by the naked eye, as the red chakra started to mix with it, but soon after, the blue one vanished.
Naruto pressed a hand against the ground as this helped him to get back on his feet, since now the chakra had been eliminated and thus his movements returned.
"It seems I overestimated you..." Kabuto let out as the red chakra calmed down and returned to its host.
Kyubi glared at the sound-nin as he carefully sniffed the air once more to be sure of the other one's position.
"I'm getting tired of this ..." Kyubi said as his red chakra surrounded his body and then vanished before his opponent on the ground and out of Kimimaro's sight as well.
"Nani?" Kabuto let out as he expected to be attacked from behind.
---- In The Trees ----
Kimimaro leaned forward as he noticed the Kyubi was no longer in sight, as Kabuto shared a short moment, with the shinobi to warn him, he could not detect the demon.
"Where is that brat?" Kimimaro let out as he clenched his fists.
Suddenly, the branch where Kimimaro stood, lowered a little, as though there was some extra weight on it.
"Right here..." Kyubi playfully said with a grin, as Kimimaro turned around to meet the crimson eyes of the demon.
Naruto had jumped up in the tree, well aware of Kimimaro's position, as he only stood a meter away from the great shinobi. The moment Kimimaro turned his head to met the Kyubi's stare, the fox lost no time as he tackled the ninja, pushing both of them off the branch and fall out of the tree.
---- Ground Level ----
The sound of two bodies colliding was heard, as Kabuto noticed two distinct figures fell down the tree, as they parted at the last minute, to each land on opposite sides.
"Now I can keep an eye on you as well." Kyubi stated as he charged towards Kimimaro.
Kyubi charged forward , kunai in hand, his chakra still surrounding his body, while Kimimaro extended his free arm, and pulled out another sword made of his bone, as he awaited for the attack.
"Persistent little rat." Kimimaro cursed, as he waited for his opponent to land the first blow.
Kyubi was now only a meter away from his prey, as Kimimaro took the initiative to swing his sword and slash the demon, when this one grinned before he quickly vanished.
"Nani?" The shinobi let out as he immediately turned around as he expected to be attacked from behind.
"Where is he?" Kabuto asked himself as he walked towards his comrade.
Kabuto's eyes widened when he felt a slight change in the wind behind him. Kyubi had no plans to attack Kimimaro first, but his aim was for the medic- nin, as he reappeared behind Kabuto.
"Behind you!" Kimimaro yelled out as his eyes widened.
"Fox, not rat." Kyubi corrected as he kicked Kabuto in the back.
Kabuto tumbled forwards as he quickly regained his balance and kneeled on the ground. He quickly turned from where the attack came from, as he reached into the small pouch, attached to his back.
Kyuby charged once more as he prepared to punch the medic-nin, when this one pulled out a kunai from his pouch. Kyubi opened his fist at the last minute, as the kunai stabbed him in the palm.
"Doesn't this remind you of something?" Kyubi let out as he gripped tightly the hand that held the kunai.
Kyubi held tightly, with his wounded hand, the hand of Kabuto, while his free hand spread his fingers apart, while they were slightly closed, as red chakra began to swirl in the middle of his palm.
"This is ..." Kabuto now realized this was the same technique that almost needed his life when he battled Naruto.
Kyubi thrust his hand forward as it dug deep within Kabuto's stomach. Kyubi released his hold on Kabuto's hand, as this one's body was sent tumbling back, until he crashed into a tree.
"This time, I'm not letting you time to recover ..." Kyubi told himself as he charged forward once again.
Kyubi moved fast, as Kabuto only began to stand up on his feet, but had yet lifted his head to notice the fox was already on the move. Kyubi reached within the pouch behind him as well as in the holster on his right leg, as he then pulled out multiple shurikens and kunais.
"Even if you can regenerate yourself, it will take time before you stand up after this attack." Kyubi stated as he threw them towards the half standing medic-nin.
Kabuto lifted his head just in time to see the attack coming, but due to the damage of the Rasengan, his stomach was still recovering, as the blood slowly disappeared.
At the last moment, the shurikens and kunais were deflected, as Kimimaro stood between Kabuto and the still charging Kyubi. Kyubi cursed at the sight of someone interfering, as he jumped backwards to still keep a safe distance between himself and the bone user.
"Have you forgotten about me?" Kimimaro let out as Kabuto stood up and walked next to his comrade.
"Chikushou ..." Kyubi let out as he glared at them.
Kyubi then gathered once more chakra within the middle of his hand, as he was prepared to finish this with the next move, until his nose picked up a new scent.
"Baka kitsune." Kimimaro let out with a smile.
Kyubi had yet understood why he teased him, until he figured out the scent came form behind him, and not form the Kimimaro who stood a few meters ahead of him.
"Bunshin!?" Kyubi let out as he prepared to turn around but was too late.
The true Kimimaro stood behind the kitsune, as bones the bones from his rib cage pierced his own skin as the shinobi wrapped an arm tightly around the kitsune's neck to pull him in.
Kyubi struggled but failed, as his back collided with the shinobi's bare chest, as this one's bones, each stretched out to grab Kyubi and hold him against Kimimaro's chest.
"What the ..." Kyubi let out as he noticed the bones slightly curved from each side of his stomach, and slowly pierced his own skin.
Kyubi growled as the tips of the bones entered his stomach, but then came to a stop, as they simply held him there. But if he came to struggle, the bones would dug deeper and inflict more damages. Kyubi then felt several stabs within the back of his shoulder, as three new bones pierced his other shoulder.
Kimimaro had used his wrist where he originally summoned the few bones, as he wanted to keep the blond in place, thus stabbing him through the shoulder helped, as this one struggled more, but with each struggle, the bones that held him down, simply stabbed him deeper in the stomach.
"Did you know that to trick a fox, simply use the same tricks that he does." Kabuto let out as the clone of the other shinobi followed the medic- nin.
"Chikushou ..." Kyubi cursed as a pool of blood started to gather at his feet.
Kabuto pulled out a kunai, as he then stabbed the Kimimaro who stood beside him. It was indeed a Bunshin since this one disappeared in smoke, while Kabuto now stood only a meter away from the kitsune.
"Just so you know before you die brat... My blood inheritance limit controls both the bone forming and destroying cells. As well as the density of calcium, to manipulate the formation of bones." Kimimaro explained.
"And you should know Kyubi, humans have around 200 bones in their body ... but Kimimaro can change that number." Kabuto completed the lesson.
Kyubi tried to punch Kimimaro with his free hand, but the shinobi simply concentrated as more bones shot out of his shoulder and kept the fist entangled between the bones.
"You should have stayed out of Orochimaru-sama's way ... Naruto kun ... Kyubi- san ..." Kabuto let out as he rearranged the height of his glasses and gave out an evil smile.
Kabuto brought his hands together as he begun to make several hand seals. For the first time, Kyubi was powerless. The fact he had many bones pierced within his body, as both his hands were unmovable, even with his amount of chakra, he couldn't heal the wounds if something was still lodged in them.
Kabuto finally completed his hand seals, as he thrust his hands at two separate places. One one the original seal that kept the Kyubi prisoner of the blonde's body, with the other wrapped itself around Kyubi's neck.
"Gyaku no Jutsu!" Kabuto yelled out, as Kyubi's eyes, as well as Kimimaro's widened upon the impact, as both took a few steps back.
Two small signs appeared at both places, while Kyubi's head leaned forward as he coughed up a great amount of blood.
Kimimaro regained his balance as he glared at the medic-nin that fell to his knees due to his low amount of chakra.
"Now I'm angry ..." Kyubi murmured as he lifted his head to directly look into Kabuto's eyes.
Kyubi's eyes showed the immense rage, as the kitsune was suddenly engulf in a large ball of red chakra. His eyes glowed of a deadly red, while Kabuto covered his face with one of his arms, while the other supported the weight of his body.
Kyubi's rage could be felt throughout Konoha's forest, as he forced Kimimaro to release him. The power of the red chakra had pushed back Kimimaro's body, as the bones ripped out of the fox's skin, as the shinobi landed with precaution on the ground.
All eyes were turned to the great sphere that surrounded the boy, as strong winds and dirt swirled around it. In the middle of it all, a soaked blond shinobi stood there, with one thing in mind, to kill.
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*Near the Battlefield*
Kakashi, Gai and the two Anbu came to a sudden stop as they felt the great power of the nine tails near them.
"That's Kyubi's chakra...." One of the Anbu let out while fear could be heard in his voice.
"Has the seal broken?" The other Anbu asked with worry.
"The fourth's seal is powerful enough to hold Kyubi within Naruto-kun's body." Gai replied as he looked over to his life time rival.
"He must be very emotional right now. Only at times like that that Kyubi's chakra can leak out..." Kakashi informed them.
"We know his position now." Gai stated as he leaped from tree to tree to where the chakra could be felt.
The rest soon followed as they all hope it wasn't too late.
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*Battlefield*
Kabuto's head turned slightly to another direction, while Kimimaro seemed to be debating to what to do now since the kitsune seemed more dangerous then ever, until his gaze fell upon his comrade.
"I'm running low on chakra ..." Kimimaro thought as he vanished to reappear besides Kabuto.
"We're about to get company..." Kabuto stated, as he had trouble to stand up.
"Then we should at least finish the brat off ...." Kimimaro started but Kabuto quickly interrupted him.
"No need to ... The Gyaku no Jutsu will finish him off for us. Either way, he will die ..." Kabuto stated as he stared at the fox.
The fox's chakra started to vanish, as Kyubi raised his hand and carefully examine it. The wound that had healed itself moments ago, started to reappear as blood poured slowly out of it.
"Nani?" Kyubi asked as the pain increased over his entire body.
"What did you ...?" Kimimaro wanted to ask.
"It's a forbidden Jutsu for us, medic-nin to use or even speak of. It requires a lot of our chakra to execute it, but once the jutsu executed, the opponent is sure to die." Kabuto explained, as Kimimaro placed a hand around the medic-nin's waist as he grabbed onto him tightly and raised to his feet.
"But Kyubi's chakra always heals him..." Kimimaro reminded the grey haired shinobi.
"It seals chakra, thus Kyubi's chakra will be sealed from healing the boy as well..." Kabuto finished his explanation.
"Then we should return to Orochimaru-sama..." Kimimaro let out as he prepared to jump into a tree.
"Hai ..." Kabuto replied as they vanished from the battlefield.
Kyubi looked in their direction but knew there was nothing he could possibly do to stop them, as he was also aware of a small group of 4 shinobis were going to reach him within a few minutes.
What worried him mostly, was the fact he had trouble to maintain his chakra to the surface, as he felt his soul being pulled back into the cage where the original seal still laid.
"It seems that I was too careless this time ..." Kyubi mumbled, as the clothes he wore, began to take the same colour as blood.
---- Somewhere On The battlefield ----
Kakashi, Gai and the two Anbu finally arrived at the scene where Kyubi's sudden burst of chakra had been felt. They scanned the area carefully with their eyes, as they found many blood stains on the ground, as well as a body not far form their own position.
"Looks like there was a war here ..." Gai let out when someone tapped his shoulder.
Gai and Kakashi turned around, as the Anbu pointed to a direction. Among the blood stains to the ground and trees, a single and small figure stood in the middle of the battlefield. His back turned to them, while his clothes were no longer orange but a deep red, as well as his hair.
"Naruto ..." Kakashi let out, as the group stepped forward but still kept their guard up in case the enemy was still around.
Within seconds, the 4 shinobis now only stood a few meters away from the blond boy, when they all froze in place, eyes widened.
"Kyubi ..." Gai let out as red eyes glared at him and the others that accompanied him.
Upon hearing the boy's true name, Kyubi turned his head to put faces on the voices he heard, as he noticed that they were in complete shock.
"The seal has not broken ..." Kyubi mumbled as he raised his arm in front of his chest, while he placed his free hand on the sleeve of that arm.
"Be on guard." The Anbu spoke out, as he reached in his holster to grab a kunai.
"Wait!" Kakashi ordered them as he blocked their way with his arm, but kept his eyes on Kyubi.
"Why isn't he attacking?" Gai asked a bit worried and surprised that the great demon fox hadn't dealt with them yet.
"Something isn't right ..." Kakashi let out, as he slipped of his headband over his single Sharingan eye and stared at the fox.
Kyubi remained silent, but his deadly glare gave them all cold shivers, as they noticed how he grabbed the fabric of the sleeve and pulled it back up to his elbow, to reveal what was underneath.
The skin seemed undamaged, until blood started to surface, and slowly the many cuts revealed themselves. These were all given from his first opponent, Sakon, when he battled him alone. Kyubi let out an evil smile, as his began to breath heavily, while more droplets of blood fell to the ground.
"I never thought I would die with the brat ..." Kyubi trailed off as he felt death was coming to him and Naruto.
"Kakashi ... His eyes ..." Gai pointed to the Kyubi's eyes as they seemed to constantly change between the deep blue of Naruto, and the crimson red eyes of the Kyubi.
Kyubi coughed, as he placed his wounded hand before his mouth by pure instinct, to only remove it later to find more blood on his hand. A trail of blood rolled down form the corner of his mouth and dripped past his chin.
"Chikushou ..." Kyubi let out before his eyes rolled as his body fell to the ground.
The moment Naruto's body began to fall, Kakashi quickly moved to his student's side, as he grabbed him by the waist. Kakashi slowly kneeled to the ground, as he carefully laid the boy on the ground in a sitting position. Gai and the two Anbu members gathered around them, while the boy's head rested against Kakashi's shoulder.
"Naruto?" Kakashi spoke out his student's name with worry, as he brushed his tainted red locks of hair from his eyes.
Naruto slowly opened his eyes to reveal they were a light blue, as Kakashi was very much relieved to see Kyubi no longer had control over the boy's body. Gai kneeled next to his long time rival, as he looked at the boy as well, to notice the flow of blood seemed to increase with time.
"Sasuke ..." Naruto spoke out his rival's name softly as he coughed up some more blood, and showed he was in pain.
"We met Shikamaru's team, he's back in Konoha ... You brought him back ... Naruto ..." Kakashi congratulated his student with a sad smile.
"Kakashi!" Gai raised his voice as he pointed to the boy's chest.
Kakashi leaned forward, as his eyes widened from what he saw. Blood started to gather on his chest, as no apparent wound could be found at first, but now, blood leaked out, as Gai quickly placed a hand over the wound in hopes to buy them some time.
"I ... I ..." Naruto let out as both Jounin's heads stared at the dying boy with surprise.
"Naruto, don't close your eyes!" Kakashi ordered the boy as he shook him a little to keep him awake.
"I kept my promise Sakura-chan ... I brought Sasuke back..." Naruto whispered his last words, as his eyes slowly closed and darkness consumed him.
TBC?
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Well I hope this chapter wasn't too boring, but I think it came out nicely, although some going to scold me for what I did to our poor Naruto ne? But I must say the next chapter will be a crucial one, so be sure to review!
By the way this chapter had like 5700 words in it, plus I worked my ass off here to write it, even wrote the last part while I'm at evening school, so you guys better appreciate it ok?
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Nikkler : Unfortunately, as you see Kabuto won't die ... yet. But further in the story I have some evil plans that might go into action if people like my story. Can't wait for you to update your story too!
RedMirage07 : Well I hope the fight was up to your standards because one thing I noticed when writing, is it's really hard to describe them properly for the readers to understand and all. So let me know?
Litch Sieger : Well the reason I waited for the next chapter to include those attacks where because the manga offers me the information I need on Kimimaro, so that's why the story was on hold for a while since I wanted it to be accurate and not all invented you know?
Arbil : Well I hope this chapter helped out to know a bit more about Kabuto.
Peter Kim : You're always the best one to deduct many of the events that are going to happen or give me ideas to make them happen. I like that a lot and highly appreciate the help.
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Synopsis : Kabuto finally arrives, as he conceives a new plan due to the dangerous situation their in. Kabuto will be forced to use a forbidden Jutsu, but will he be able to get close enough to Kyubi to realize it?
Pairings : Unknown for now. Suggestions are welcomed
Disclaimer : I don't own Naruto but wish I did
Timeline :
- This takes place when Shikamaru, and the team he created went after the 4 Ninjas that took Sasuke with them. In other words it's right after Neji finished his battle with his opponent in Manga Volume 22 Chapter 198.
- Sasuke was NOT put in the wooden barrel to begin with
- Sakon is one of the four ninjas under Orochimaru's command. He's the ninja that seems to have two bodies of some sort ( Chapter 200 )
- Kimimaro was sent by Kabuto ( Orochimaru's right hand ) since the four ninjas were taking too long to come back to Orochimaru.
- To me, all underlings of Orochimaru are male, so sorry if they were any females that I wasn't able to spot.
JUTSU LIST :
- Doton Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu - Inner Decapitation Skill - Description: The user hides beneath the ground, and reaches up to grab their opponent. The opponent is then pulled under the ground, up to their chin, allowing the head to be subject to move powerful jutsu.
- Gyaku no Jutsu – Reverse no Jutsu – Description : A forbidden Jutsu that Kabuto came to learn during his first years under Orochimaru's care. This seals the chakra of an opponent, as well to reverse it's effects on the body. In other words, every wound that the chakra healed during the last 24 hours, will surface and the damage will return.
- Rasengan – Description : Naruto learned this move within a week, as Jiraiya taught him this. It gathers chakra within the palm of your hand, as it begins to swirl, until the ball of chakra is complete. Inflicts as much damage as Kakashi's Chidori.
JAPANESE WORDS
- baka = idiot -
- dobe = dead last -
- Arigatou = Thank You -
- Urousai = Shut Up -
- Chikushou – Damn it / Damn
All notes concerning future reviews will be replied at the bottom of the story.
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*Battlefield*
Suddenly, Kimimaro's eyes shot wide open as his body seemed to fall forward, as something pierced his chest. The shinobi fell to his knees, as he took hold of the object to notice it was one of his bones.
He came face to face with the dying Kyubi when he heard a voice that came from behind him. He turned his head around, to see another Kyubi who stood only a meter away from himself, as he turned back to the other Kyubi.
"How is this ..." Kimimaro muttered as he stared back at the fox.
Kyubi applied more pressure on Kimimaro's wound, well aware that this one didn't have such a healing ability like himself, as he then grabbed the sword and took it out, by not pulling it out, but by ripping it out from the shinobi's side.
Kimimaro's yell filled the silent forest, as he bleed enormously and the pain prevented him from doing anything. Now the shinobi had a large open gap from his chest to his side, as Kyubi held the sword within his hand, while he's free one forced the other shinobi to face the ground.
Kyubi then grabbed the shinobi tightly around the neck, as he brought him to his level, his back who pressed against the demon's front chest, while Kimimaro was on his knees and faced the other Kyubi.
"Even though I'm still sealed within the kit, I learned all that he learned, in other words, I used his most favorite Jutsu, and simply made it stronger so you couldn't see through it." Kyubi explained as the clone vanished in smoke before them.
"The Kage Bunshin...?" Kimimaro let out as blood trailed down form the side of his mouth.
"A forbidden jutsu that's saved us many times." Kyubi whispered into Kimimaro's ear as he moved his hand to have a firm grip on his enemy's hair, while the body had a tendency to fall forward.
"Game's over" Kyubi let out, as he prepared to strike Kimimaro in the back of the head to assure his kill.
As he prepared to make his move, his nose picked up a new scent, and immediately he leaped backwards in time to evade a dozen kunais that stabbed the ground where he stood seconds ago.
Kyubi looked up as a new player entered the game, one he couldn't sense until it was almost too late. The mysterious shinobi stood on a large branch as he seemed to look down as both Kimimaro and then back at him. He then raised a hand as he lifted his glasses back up at the right place.
"It's been a while ... Naruto-kun ... Or should I say Kyubi-sama?" The familiar voice spoke out as he locked eyes with the Kyubi.
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Within a second, Kabuto vanished from Kyubi's sight, as he quickly picked up Kimimaro's body off the ground and jumped back into a tree, out of the fox's sight of course.
"Things are about to get messy ..." Kyubi let out as he sniffed the air to locate his opponents.
---- Hidden in a Tree ----
Kabuto quickly put down Kimimaro on the large branch, as the medic-nin placed his hands over the other shinobi's deep and fatal wound, to heal it.
"You're lucky Orochimaru-sama sent me in case this would happen." Kabuto whispered to his fallen comrade, as he removed his hands from over the wound, to reveal this one was no more.
"I never expected a brat to actually come near my level of skills." Kimimaro shot back at the shinobi as he slowly stood back up on his feet, as they observed from the shadows, what Kyubi's next move would be.
"Where's Sasuke-kun?" Kabuto asked as he moved his glasses higher on his nose.
"That fool Sakon spilled out Orochimaru's true plan, while the brat was awake and not yet under our control. Then this dog and shadow creator went back to Konoha with Sasuke." Kimimaro informed the medic-nin.
"Why didn't you pursue them?" Kabuto asked as he glared at the great shinobi.
"I did, but somehow that brat managed to make the Kyubi surface, and this one used a barrier composed of his own chakra. He then imprisoned me as well until he finally finished Sakon. I had the upper hand, until a moment ago." Kimimaro spoke out with a low voice, as his eyes remained on the fox below them.
"Why?" Kabuto asked seriously.
"Despite the fact it's the demon fox who's in complete control, he can use every skill the brat learned throughout his living years. And that fox is as much as a trickster and very cunning." Kimimaro explained as Kabuto now knew what to expect from the soon to come battle.
"He's the demon fox after all." Kabuto reminded his comrade, as he reached inside the holster and pulled out several kunais.
"So what now? His chakra keeps regenerating him no matter how many times you stab the damn thing." Kimimaro let out with anger.
"From the moment he turned into the Kyubi, how many injuries has he healed and where?" Kabuto asked as he was curious to the damage his old friend had sustained.
"A few times in the shoulder, once through his stomach, many scratches over his entire body, and so on. Why?" Kimimaro asked a bit curious to why Kabuto would ask him such questions.
"I want you to make as much damage as you can and then use that technique of yours to hold him still, long enough, for me to do a certain jutsu..." Kabuto trailed off.
"Jutsu? If I wasn't able to defeat him then how can you possibly ..." Kimimaro doubted the medic-nin until he cut him off.
"I'm not Orochimaru-sama's right hand man for nothing." Kabuto let out as he jumped out of that tree and onto another much closer to his target.
---- Ground Level ----
Kyubi stood still as he knew from the brat's past experience, that Kimimaro would be back in the fight really soon, as well to expect an attack very soon from one of them.
"One of them is right there..." Kyubi mumbled to himself, as three kunais headed straight for the fox's back.
Kyubi quickly jumped out of the way to evade the attack, as Kabuto finally showed himself.
Kabuto revealed himself, as he jumped down form his original hide-out, and landed only a few meters away from Kyubi, but still held a kunai within his hand.
"If I remember correctly, I almost killed you last time." Kyubi reminded the shinobi with an evil smile, but never took his eyes off his new prey.
"I almost killed you as well." Kabuto replied sarcastically as he locked eyes with the demon as well.
"True, but this time, I have complete control, and so far, the two supposed great shinobis have been but my toys to play with. What makes you think you're better than them?" Kyubi asked with a playful tone.
"Because, only Orochimaru-sama has been able to defeat me." Kabuto replied, as he vanished from the fox's sight.
"He's fast ..." Kyubi thought as he paid attention to all his senses to track this one's movements, and without forgetting the other one as well.
Kyubi stood on guard, as he eyes changed from right to the left every second, as he placed his hands near the ground, ready to pounce if needed to avoid another attack.
---- Somewhere In the Trees ----
Kimimaro observed the scene carefully as he was aware he had yet been detected. He slowly slipped off the his shirt from his shoulders, all the way down to his waist, as a few distinct markings could be seen on his chest.
"I wonder if this will keep him from moving ..." Kimimaro questioned himself, as he knew the fox always recovered from even fatal wounds so far.
Kimimaro extended his arm, as his fingers spread apart, as he only closed three among the five, as bumps started to form on that particular arm. Within seconds, many bones ruptured the skin, without one droplet of blood spilt.
A number of 8 bones came out from the middle of his arm, near his wrist, as they were long and sharp, and followed the movements of his hand. He then kneeled on the branch, as he waited for an opening to make his entrance.
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*Konoha Hospital*
---- Room 201 ----
"Where's Naruto?" Tsunade asked as her eyes continued to scan the room to be sure he wasn't present, until her gaze fell on the students.
Sasuke simply looked towards Neji's direction to then close his eyes, while Kiba looked down and cursed under his breath. Shikamaru couldn't help but lower his head, to then let out a deep breath and closed his eyes. Kurenai and Asuma exchanged worried looks as even they didn't know the whole story yet.
"Tsunade-sama, you might want to sit down and ..." Kurenai approached the Hokage with precaution as she was aware of the special and yet strange relationship between the two.
"Answer me dammit!" Tsunade yelled loud enough for the entire hospital to hear her.
"He stayed behind ..." Sasuke let out as he stared at the ceiling.
"Behind? Why?" Tsunade asked with worry.
"We were up against two powerful high class shinobis. Me and Kiba were injured, as our chakra was completely depleted and because of Sasuke's curse seal, we had no choice but to retreat. The only problem was, we still hadn't defeated them ..." Shikamaru explained as he lowered his head and closed his eyes.
"That idiot stayed behind so we could complete the mission ..." Kiba put in a few words to help out his comrades.
"Naruto fought against those two alone!?" Tsunade asked as she leaned against the wall for support.
"Hai ..." Sasuke mumbled as his curse marks seemed to stop spreading but remained visible on his pale skin.
"What the hell is he thinking!?" Tsunade shouted while she punched the wall.
"His spirit is too strong ... He won't loose ... And he'll come back ... Even if he has to crawl to get back here ..." Neji let out as his eyes barely opened to show the boy was indeed conscious.
"Neji ..." The boys spoke out their comrades name, happy to hear his words.
"Kami protect him ..." Tsunade thought as she walked towards the window to look out at the far away forest.
---- In The Hallway ----
The proud green beast of Konoha walked in the hallway, who just had his surgery 2 days ago, and seemed to be recovering very quickly, as he no longer needed help from the crutches.
Besides him, stood the pink haired girl, Haruno Sakura, that held a vase with a few fresh lowers in them as they headed out for Lee's room, so the boy could get some rest.
"Sakura-san, you shouldn't worry, Naruto-kun and the others will retrieve Sasuke." Lee reassured the girl who walked beside him.
"I only hope they all come back safely too." Sakura expressed her worries, as Lee gently patted her on the back, and gave her the famous shining smile and thumb up.
"Eh? Isn't that Shikamaru?" Lee asked as he pointed to Room 201.
"That can't be ... Shikamaru was the one who led the team to get Sasuke-kun back ..." Sakura let out as she was shocked to see the Chuunin in the room.
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*Konoha forest*
---- Battlefield ----
Kyubi raised his head to sniff the air once more, as he detected nothing at all, only a faint smell that belonged to Kimimaro, but for now he felt no threat coming from that shinobi. What worried him the most, was where Kabuto hid himself.
"There's no way he could disguise his smell ... Unless ..." Kyubi thought as his eyes immediately stared at the ground beneath him.
Seconds later, the ground beneath the fox shattered as this one felt two hands grab his ankles and pull him under the soil.
"Chikushou." Kyubi cursed, as he gathered chakra to his feet and hands.
By doing this, Kyubi spread his hands towards the outside, as his hands made contact with the soil, before his body would completely be submerged. The moment his hands met the ground, Kyubi released a great amount of chakra through them, which gave him the power to be pushed out of the trap, as the chakra at his feet, forced Kabuto to release his grip on him.
"I'm surprised you managed to get out of it ..." Kabuto spoke to the Kyubi as he emerged from the hole in the ground.
Kyubi made sure that he stood at a safe distance form his attacker, but the moment he fell on his feet, he fell to his knees, as pain soon struck them.
"What the ?" Kyubi let out in surprise.
"The moment I grabbed your ankles, I inserted some of my chakra so I could restrict your movements. Of course this makes it easier now to kill you now that you're not running everywhere." Kabuto explained as he readjusted his glasses once again.
"It takes more than that to bring a demon down." Kyubi spoke out with a grin, as he joined his hands together and brought forth more of his chakra.
Red chakra swirled around the fox as the ground that surrounded him started to brake. Kabuto crossed his arms and raised them to protect his face, while he took a few steps back due to the intensity of the fox's chakra.
The blue chakra that Kabuto had inserted within the fox's ankles, could be seen by the naked eye, as the red chakra started to mix with it, but soon after, the blue one vanished.
Naruto pressed a hand against the ground as this helped him to get back on his feet, since now the chakra had been eliminated and thus his movements returned.
"It seems I overestimated you..." Kabuto let out as the red chakra calmed down and returned to its host.
Kyubi glared at the sound-nin as he carefully sniffed the air once more to be sure of the other one's position.
"I'm getting tired of this ..." Kyubi said as his red chakra surrounded his body and then vanished before his opponent on the ground and out of Kimimaro's sight as well.
"Nani?" Kabuto let out as he expected to be attacked from behind.
---- In The Trees ----
Kimimaro leaned forward as he noticed the Kyubi was no longer in sight, as Kabuto shared a short moment, with the shinobi to warn him, he could not detect the demon.
"Where is that brat?" Kimimaro let out as he clenched his fists.
Suddenly, the branch where Kimimaro stood, lowered a little, as though there was some extra weight on it.
"Right here..." Kyubi playfully said with a grin, as Kimimaro turned around to meet the crimson eyes of the demon.
Naruto had jumped up in the tree, well aware of Kimimaro's position, as he only stood a meter away from the great shinobi. The moment Kimimaro turned his head to met the Kyubi's stare, the fox lost no time as he tackled the ninja, pushing both of them off the branch and fall out of the tree.
---- Ground Level ----
The sound of two bodies colliding was heard, as Kabuto noticed two distinct figures fell down the tree, as they parted at the last minute, to each land on opposite sides.
"Now I can keep an eye on you as well." Kyubi stated as he charged towards Kimimaro.
Kyubi charged forward , kunai in hand, his chakra still surrounding his body, while Kimimaro extended his free arm, and pulled out another sword made of his bone, as he awaited for the attack.
"Persistent little rat." Kimimaro cursed, as he waited for his opponent to land the first blow.
Kyubi was now only a meter away from his prey, as Kimimaro took the initiative to swing his sword and slash the demon, when this one grinned before he quickly vanished.
"Nani?" The shinobi let out as he immediately turned around as he expected to be attacked from behind.
"Where is he?" Kabuto asked himself as he walked towards his comrade.
Kabuto's eyes widened when he felt a slight change in the wind behind him. Kyubi had no plans to attack Kimimaro first, but his aim was for the medic- nin, as he reappeared behind Kabuto.
"Behind you!" Kimimaro yelled out as his eyes widened.
"Fox, not rat." Kyubi corrected as he kicked Kabuto in the back.
Kabuto tumbled forwards as he quickly regained his balance and kneeled on the ground. He quickly turned from where the attack came from, as he reached into the small pouch, attached to his back.
Kyuby charged once more as he prepared to punch the medic-nin, when this one pulled out a kunai from his pouch. Kyubi opened his fist at the last minute, as the kunai stabbed him in the palm.
"Doesn't this remind you of something?" Kyubi let out as he gripped tightly the hand that held the kunai.
Kyubi held tightly, with his wounded hand, the hand of Kabuto, while his free hand spread his fingers apart, while they were slightly closed, as red chakra began to swirl in the middle of his palm.
"This is ..." Kabuto now realized this was the same technique that almost needed his life when he battled Naruto.
Kyubi thrust his hand forward as it dug deep within Kabuto's stomach. Kyubi released his hold on Kabuto's hand, as this one's body was sent tumbling back, until he crashed into a tree.
"This time, I'm not letting you time to recover ..." Kyubi told himself as he charged forward once again.
Kyubi moved fast, as Kabuto only began to stand up on his feet, but had yet lifted his head to notice the fox was already on the move. Kyubi reached within the pouch behind him as well as in the holster on his right leg, as he then pulled out multiple shurikens and kunais.
"Even if you can regenerate yourself, it will take time before you stand up after this attack." Kyubi stated as he threw them towards the half standing medic-nin.
Kabuto lifted his head just in time to see the attack coming, but due to the damage of the Rasengan, his stomach was still recovering, as the blood slowly disappeared.
At the last moment, the shurikens and kunais were deflected, as Kimimaro stood between Kabuto and the still charging Kyubi. Kyubi cursed at the sight of someone interfering, as he jumped backwards to still keep a safe distance between himself and the bone user.
"Have you forgotten about me?" Kimimaro let out as Kabuto stood up and walked next to his comrade.
"Chikushou ..." Kyubi let out as he glared at them.
Kyubi then gathered once more chakra within the middle of his hand, as he was prepared to finish this with the next move, until his nose picked up a new scent.
"Baka kitsune." Kimimaro let out with a smile.
Kyubi had yet understood why he teased him, until he figured out the scent came form behind him, and not form the Kimimaro who stood a few meters ahead of him.
"Bunshin!?" Kyubi let out as he prepared to turn around but was too late.
The true Kimimaro stood behind the kitsune, as bones the bones from his rib cage pierced his own skin as the shinobi wrapped an arm tightly around the kitsune's neck to pull him in.
Kyubi struggled but failed, as his back collided with the shinobi's bare chest, as this one's bones, each stretched out to grab Kyubi and hold him against Kimimaro's chest.
"What the ..." Kyubi let out as he noticed the bones slightly curved from each side of his stomach, and slowly pierced his own skin.
Kyubi growled as the tips of the bones entered his stomach, but then came to a stop, as they simply held him there. But if he came to struggle, the bones would dug deeper and inflict more damages. Kyubi then felt several stabs within the back of his shoulder, as three new bones pierced his other shoulder.
Kimimaro had used his wrist where he originally summoned the few bones, as he wanted to keep the blond in place, thus stabbing him through the shoulder helped, as this one struggled more, but with each struggle, the bones that held him down, simply stabbed him deeper in the stomach.
"Did you know that to trick a fox, simply use the same tricks that he does." Kabuto let out as the clone of the other shinobi followed the medic- nin.
"Chikushou ..." Kyubi cursed as a pool of blood started to gather at his feet.
Kabuto pulled out a kunai, as he then stabbed the Kimimaro who stood beside him. It was indeed a Bunshin since this one disappeared in smoke, while Kabuto now stood only a meter away from the kitsune.
"Just so you know before you die brat... My blood inheritance limit controls both the bone forming and destroying cells. As well as the density of calcium, to manipulate the formation of bones." Kimimaro explained.
"And you should know Kyubi, humans have around 200 bones in their body ... but Kimimaro can change that number." Kabuto completed the lesson.
Kyubi tried to punch Kimimaro with his free hand, but the shinobi simply concentrated as more bones shot out of his shoulder and kept the fist entangled between the bones.
"You should have stayed out of Orochimaru-sama's way ... Naruto kun ... Kyubi- san ..." Kabuto let out as he rearranged the height of his glasses and gave out an evil smile.
Kabuto brought his hands together as he begun to make several hand seals. For the first time, Kyubi was powerless. The fact he had many bones pierced within his body, as both his hands were unmovable, even with his amount of chakra, he couldn't heal the wounds if something was still lodged in them.
Kabuto finally completed his hand seals, as he thrust his hands at two separate places. One one the original seal that kept the Kyubi prisoner of the blonde's body, with the other wrapped itself around Kyubi's neck.
"Gyaku no Jutsu!" Kabuto yelled out, as Kyubi's eyes, as well as Kimimaro's widened upon the impact, as both took a few steps back.
Two small signs appeared at both places, while Kyubi's head leaned forward as he coughed up a great amount of blood.
Kimimaro regained his balance as he glared at the medic-nin that fell to his knees due to his low amount of chakra.
"Now I'm angry ..." Kyubi murmured as he lifted his head to directly look into Kabuto's eyes.
Kyubi's eyes showed the immense rage, as the kitsune was suddenly engulf in a large ball of red chakra. His eyes glowed of a deadly red, while Kabuto covered his face with one of his arms, while the other supported the weight of his body.
Kyubi's rage could be felt throughout Konoha's forest, as he forced Kimimaro to release him. The power of the red chakra had pushed back Kimimaro's body, as the bones ripped out of the fox's skin, as the shinobi landed with precaution on the ground.
All eyes were turned to the great sphere that surrounded the boy, as strong winds and dirt swirled around it. In the middle of it all, a soaked blond shinobi stood there, with one thing in mind, to kill.
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*Near the Battlefield*
Kakashi, Gai and the two Anbu came to a sudden stop as they felt the great power of the nine tails near them.
"That's Kyubi's chakra...." One of the Anbu let out while fear could be heard in his voice.
"Has the seal broken?" The other Anbu asked with worry.
"The fourth's seal is powerful enough to hold Kyubi within Naruto-kun's body." Gai replied as he looked over to his life time rival.
"He must be very emotional right now. Only at times like that that Kyubi's chakra can leak out..." Kakashi informed them.
"We know his position now." Gai stated as he leaped from tree to tree to where the chakra could be felt.
The rest soon followed as they all hope it wasn't too late.
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*Battlefield*
Kabuto's head turned slightly to another direction, while Kimimaro seemed to be debating to what to do now since the kitsune seemed more dangerous then ever, until his gaze fell upon his comrade.
"I'm running low on chakra ..." Kimimaro thought as he vanished to reappear besides Kabuto.
"We're about to get company..." Kabuto stated, as he had trouble to stand up.
"Then we should at least finish the brat off ...." Kimimaro started but Kabuto quickly interrupted him.
"No need to ... The Gyaku no Jutsu will finish him off for us. Either way, he will die ..." Kabuto stated as he stared at the fox.
The fox's chakra started to vanish, as Kyubi raised his hand and carefully examine it. The wound that had healed itself moments ago, started to reappear as blood poured slowly out of it.
"Nani?" Kyubi asked as the pain increased over his entire body.
"What did you ...?" Kimimaro wanted to ask.
"It's a forbidden Jutsu for us, medic-nin to use or even speak of. It requires a lot of our chakra to execute it, but once the jutsu executed, the opponent is sure to die." Kabuto explained, as Kimimaro placed a hand around the medic-nin's waist as he grabbed onto him tightly and raised to his feet.
"But Kyubi's chakra always heals him..." Kimimaro reminded the grey haired shinobi.
"It seals chakra, thus Kyubi's chakra will be sealed from healing the boy as well..." Kabuto finished his explanation.
"Then we should return to Orochimaru-sama..." Kimimaro let out as he prepared to jump into a tree.
"Hai ..." Kabuto replied as they vanished from the battlefield.
Kyubi looked in their direction but knew there was nothing he could possibly do to stop them, as he was also aware of a small group of 4 shinobis were going to reach him within a few minutes.
What worried him mostly, was the fact he had trouble to maintain his chakra to the surface, as he felt his soul being pulled back into the cage where the original seal still laid.
"It seems that I was too careless this time ..." Kyubi mumbled, as the clothes he wore, began to take the same colour as blood.
---- Somewhere On The battlefield ----
Kakashi, Gai and the two Anbu finally arrived at the scene where Kyubi's sudden burst of chakra had been felt. They scanned the area carefully with their eyes, as they found many blood stains on the ground, as well as a body not far form their own position.
"Looks like there was a war here ..." Gai let out when someone tapped his shoulder.
Gai and Kakashi turned around, as the Anbu pointed to a direction. Among the blood stains to the ground and trees, a single and small figure stood in the middle of the battlefield. His back turned to them, while his clothes were no longer orange but a deep red, as well as his hair.
"Naruto ..." Kakashi let out, as the group stepped forward but still kept their guard up in case the enemy was still around.
Within seconds, the 4 shinobis now only stood a few meters away from the blond boy, when they all froze in place, eyes widened.
"Kyubi ..." Gai let out as red eyes glared at him and the others that accompanied him.
Upon hearing the boy's true name, Kyubi turned his head to put faces on the voices he heard, as he noticed that they were in complete shock.
"The seal has not broken ..." Kyubi mumbled as he raised his arm in front of his chest, while he placed his free hand on the sleeve of that arm.
"Be on guard." The Anbu spoke out, as he reached in his holster to grab a kunai.
"Wait!" Kakashi ordered them as he blocked their way with his arm, but kept his eyes on Kyubi.
"Why isn't he attacking?" Gai asked a bit worried and surprised that the great demon fox hadn't dealt with them yet.
"Something isn't right ..." Kakashi let out, as he slipped of his headband over his single Sharingan eye and stared at the fox.
Kyubi remained silent, but his deadly glare gave them all cold shivers, as they noticed how he grabbed the fabric of the sleeve and pulled it back up to his elbow, to reveal what was underneath.
The skin seemed undamaged, until blood started to surface, and slowly the many cuts revealed themselves. These were all given from his first opponent, Sakon, when he battled him alone. Kyubi let out an evil smile, as his began to breath heavily, while more droplets of blood fell to the ground.
"I never thought I would die with the brat ..." Kyubi trailed off as he felt death was coming to him and Naruto.
"Kakashi ... His eyes ..." Gai pointed to the Kyubi's eyes as they seemed to constantly change between the deep blue of Naruto, and the crimson red eyes of the Kyubi.
Kyubi coughed, as he placed his wounded hand before his mouth by pure instinct, to only remove it later to find more blood on his hand. A trail of blood rolled down form the corner of his mouth and dripped past his chin.
"Chikushou ..." Kyubi let out before his eyes rolled as his body fell to the ground.
The moment Naruto's body began to fall, Kakashi quickly moved to his student's side, as he grabbed him by the waist. Kakashi slowly kneeled to the ground, as he carefully laid the boy on the ground in a sitting position. Gai and the two Anbu members gathered around them, while the boy's head rested against Kakashi's shoulder.
"Naruto?" Kakashi spoke out his student's name with worry, as he brushed his tainted red locks of hair from his eyes.
Naruto slowly opened his eyes to reveal they were a light blue, as Kakashi was very much relieved to see Kyubi no longer had control over the boy's body. Gai kneeled next to his long time rival, as he looked at the boy as well, to notice the flow of blood seemed to increase with time.
"Sasuke ..." Naruto spoke out his rival's name softly as he coughed up some more blood, and showed he was in pain.
"We met Shikamaru's team, he's back in Konoha ... You brought him back ... Naruto ..." Kakashi congratulated his student with a sad smile.
"Kakashi!" Gai raised his voice as he pointed to the boy's chest.
Kakashi leaned forward, as his eyes widened from what he saw. Blood started to gather on his chest, as no apparent wound could be found at first, but now, blood leaked out, as Gai quickly placed a hand over the wound in hopes to buy them some time.
"I ... I ..." Naruto let out as both Jounin's heads stared at the dying boy with surprise.
"Naruto, don't close your eyes!" Kakashi ordered the boy as he shook him a little to keep him awake.
"I kept my promise Sakura-chan ... I brought Sasuke back..." Naruto whispered his last words, as his eyes slowly closed and darkness consumed him.
TBC?
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Well I hope this chapter wasn't too boring, but I think it came out nicely, although some going to scold me for what I did to our poor Naruto ne? But I must say the next chapter will be a crucial one, so be sure to review!
By the way this chapter had like 5700 words in it, plus I worked my ass off here to write it, even wrote the last part while I'm at evening school, so you guys better appreciate it ok?
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REVIEWS
Insanechilfanfic : thanks for reviewing every chapter I update from any story I write.
Ookami Kage : I'm still waiting on you to update lol. But when you do I'll make sure to review it! As for the updates, I'm glad the numbers are up again, but I'm still debating of what pairings to make it, if I do pairings that is.
Nikkler : Unfortunately, as you see Kabuto won't die ... yet. But further in the story I have some evil plans that might go into action if people like my story. Can't wait for you to update your story too!
RedMirage07 : Well I hope the fight was up to your standards because one thing I noticed when writing, is it's really hard to describe them properly for the readers to understand and all. So let me know?
Litch Sieger : Well the reason I waited for the next chapter to include those attacks where because the manga offers me the information I need on Kimimaro, so that's why the story was on hold for a while since I wanted it to be accurate and not all invented you know?
Arbil : Well I hope this chapter helped out to know a bit more about Kabuto.
Peter Kim : You're always the best one to deduct many of the events that are going to happen or give me ideas to make them happen. I like that a lot and highly appreciate the help.
Kitinu : I update as I can although these last two weeks I had like exams and been called to work more, so some updates might take up to two weeks, but I try my best so that doesn't happen!
PuiChi2 : I'm starting to se your name everywhere! But I'm happy to have some new faces that like my stories. About that mistake I did correct it! Thanks for letting me know, it's just that the name Kimimaro sounds more like a female name so in my thoughts and when writing I re read everything to make sure I didn't write a she or her along the way.
Gopu : thanks for taking time to review, and hope to hear from you next chapter too.
Shadow eclipse : Well here's the next chapter although I'm sure people didn't expect me to use such a forbidden jutsu in the first place, but it's my story ne?
Red Rose : I'll keep going as long as people review!
Silvermist 91 : Thanks for Reviewing Ja ne!
Gisela : Thanks for the compliment!
Peter Kim 2 : I have such an idea, but I suppose you'll be surprised to how I wrote the ending of this chapter.
Inuchan143 : I hope the battle between Kyubi and Kabuto was good engouh because I myself don't know much of his specialties, but I did have to bring the fight to an end. Let me know how you find it ne?
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